For an hour and a half, two Saturdays a month, a youth-oriented radio station in Belize City, Belize that promises “More Music on your Radio Everyday” lowers the sound levels to allow for more serious talk.

Two thousand children in southern Belize got an unexpected visit, and some very welcome holiday cheer this week, when Santa became the latest volunteer for the Toledo District Branch of the Belize Red Cross (BRC).

Thousands of people left homeless after Hurricane Iris - a category 4 hurricane with winds reaching 225 km/hr, devastated the southern coast of Belize, on the evening of October 8, are now facing the grim task of reconstructing their lives.